Textile article and the manufacture thereof



Jan. 9, 1945. HGRLER I 2,366,856 v EREOF ICLE AND THE MANUFACTUREPatented Jan. 9, 1945 l 2,3.6fi,856 TEXTILEARTIGLEAND THE MANUFACTURETHEREOF The present invention relates to a" process" for"manufacturing'knitted articles with closed loops and product obtainedtherebyi In the manufacture of knitted garments and particularly ofstockings, different methods have alreadybeen tried for theestablishmentof closed loops or meshes. The laddering of loops is a great drawback,especially in the case of silk,

and rayon stockings, for in these articles lad- .dered loops form easilyand frequently at the smallest breakage of thread, as-a consequence ofthe lack of inter-adherence of the flat threads, while in case ofknittedarticles made with rough threads, such as wool etc this ladderingof loops does not occur so easily.

The formationof laddering loops in ordinary and plain knitted garments,such as stockings, is due to the structure of the loops, which, as isknown, consists of loops disposed in horizontal rows, which aresuperposed in vertical rows, so that each loop is thus held exclusivelyby the 'loops of the neighbouring horizontal rows of loops, that is tosay, above and below.

In the methods heretofore proposed for preventing the formation ofladdering loops, modified interlacing of the loops has been suggested,that is to say, the loop structure has been modified, or special threadsof warp or weft have been introduced. None ofthese suggestions, however,has found acceptance in the manufacture of stockings, owing to the factthat by the new structure of loops, the qualitiesof elasticity,softness, uniform aspect, fineness, transparency etc.,

appreciated and demanded by the market for this class of goods, havebeen entirely or partly lost.

The present invention refers to a process for manufacturing knittedarticles with closed loops,

in which the firmness of the loops is obtained by interlacing each loop,not only to the loops of the neighbouring horizontal rows of loops, but

which only maintain their form in the texture,

together with other rows of loops, owing to the fact that they lack anylateral interlacement.

'I'hisparticularit'y gives to the texturemamufactured in accordance withthe present inventiom the: desired resistance against. the laddering:of; loops, while=it does not in any way differ from an, ordinary plainknitted texturewith regard.

to elasticity, oftness, transparency etc.

'Some aspects of the invention are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 shows diagrammatically and on a greatlyincreased scale, a horizontal row of loops, these loops being interlacedamong themselves uniform aspect, fineness..

in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 represents, diagrammatically and also on a greatly increasedscale, a sectional view of a knitted texture composed of rows of loopsas illustrated in Figure 1. a

As can be seen in Figure 1, the thread I is passed through the precedinglateralloop just before a new loop is formed, so that each individualloop is connected with the neighbouring loops of the same row at theplaces indicated by 2. Such rows of loops, which maintain their form outof the texture, as stated above, that is to say do not become undone,are then made up into a texture, as illustrated by Figure 2. This isachieved by forming first a horizontal row of loops A and afterwardsinterlacing in the inferior loops of this row A the loops of a secondhorizontal row B during its formation. A third row C is then formed inthe same way and interlaced v y to the inferior loops of the precedingrow 15, and

The interlacing of the various loops in the corresponding loops ofthepreceding row ofloo-ps, may be accomplished as shown in Figure 2,that is to say each new loop isinterlacedsimultaneously to two inferiorloops situated side by side of the preceding row, so that links areformed in the places indicated by 3 between two successive rows.However, each loop can also be merely interlaced to a single inferiorloop of the preceding row, or any other scheme of interlacement 3 of therows among themselves can be followed,

for instance, bysklpping one or more loops, as is also possibleinordinary plain knitting. The essential feature is that each single loopbe not only interlaced to the preceding row of loops in any manner, butalsosimultaneously to the preceding lateral loop of the same horizontalrow.

The formation of the texture of rows of interlaced loops in accordancewiththe invention, may be obtained by plain orlcircular knitting, butalways horizontally. As the interlacement of the various rows of loopsamong themselves maybe i carried out in any Way, this process alsoprointerlacing of the horizontal rows of loops is effected in spiralform, so that in this'way also seamless stockings or other tubular goodscan be manufactured.

I claim:

2,866,856 t v 3. A textile article comprising a plurality of interlacedrows of closed loops, each row consisting of alternate inferior andsuperior loops with each inferior loop interlaced with each adjacentinferior loop and each superior loop interlaced with each adjacentsuperior loop, each inerior loop of at least one row being alsointerlaced with at least one superior loop of an adjacent row and eachsuperior loop of at least said one row being also interlaced with atleast one inferior loop of an adjacent row.

1. A method of making textile articles with a s l plurality of rows ofclosed loops consisting of alternate inferior and superior loops, whichcomprises interlacing the thread with a precedingly formed superior loopjust before a new superior v loop is formed and with an inferior loopjust before a new inferior loo is formed.

2. A textile article comprising a plurality of interlaced rows of closedloops, each row consisting of alternate inferior andsuperior loops with.each inferior loop interlaced with each adjacent in ferior'loop andeach superior loop interlaced with each adjacent superior loop.

4. A textile article comprising a. plurality of interlaced rows ofclosed loops, each row consisting of alternate inferior and superiorloops with each inferior loop interlaced with each ad jacent inferiorloop and each superior loop interlaced with each adjacent superior loop,each inferior loop of at least one row being also interlaced with aplurality of superior loops of an adjacent row and each superior loop ofat least said one row being also interlaced with a plurality of inferiorloops of an adjacent row.

ELSA HGRLER.

